{"id":205060,"date":"2025-03-23T19:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T19:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=205060"},"modified":"2025-03-23T19:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T19:03:22","slug":"you-select-cell-a1-hover-the-pointer-over-the-cell-border-to-reveal-the-move-ico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/23\/you-select-cell-a1-hover-the-pointer-over-the-cell-border-to-reveal-the-move-ico\/","title":{"rendered":"You select cell A1, hover the pointer over the cell border to reveal the move ico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You select cell A1, hover the pointer over the cell border to reveal the move icon, then drag the cell to a new location. Which ribbon commands achieve the same result?<br>Cut and Fill<br>Copy and Transpose<br>Copy and Paste<br>Cut and Paste<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong><br><strong>Cut and Paste<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Microsoft Excel, when you select a cell (such as A1), hover over its border, and drag it to a new location, you are performing a move operation. The equivalent ribbon commands to achieve this same result are <strong>Cut and Paste<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Cut and Paste?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Cut<\/strong> command (found in the &#8220;Home&#8221; tab under the Clipboard group) removes the contents from the original location.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Paste<\/strong> command places the content in the new destination while clearing it from the original location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When you manually drag a cell by its border, Excel temporarily stores its content, removes it from the original cell, and then pastes it into the new location. This process mimics the <strong>Cut and Paste<\/strong> commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Not Other Options?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cut and Fill<\/strong>: &#8220;Fill&#8221; is used for autofill or pattern filling, not moving data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Copy and Transpose<\/strong>: Transpose changes the data layout (switching rows to columns), which is not what happens when moving a cell.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Copy and Paste<\/strong>: Copying duplicates the content rather than moving it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, <strong>Cut and Paste<\/strong> is the correct method to move a cell to a new location using the ribbon commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s generate an image illustrating this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an instructional image illustrating how to move a cell in Microsoft Excel using the <strong>Cut and Paste<\/strong> commands. Let me know if you need any modifications or further clarifications!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1191.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205061\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You select cell A1, hover the pointer over the cell border to reveal the move icon, then drag the cell to a new location. Which ribbon commands achieve the same result?Cut and FillCopy and TransposeCopy and PasteCut and Paste The correct answer and explanation is: Correct Answer:Cut and Paste Explanation: In Microsoft Excel, when you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}